July | 2011 | Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe

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Mendota Dakota and the Rebirth of a Community, video documentary.

Published July 20, 2011 | By admin

This documentary film follows the story of the Mendota Dakota, a Native American tribe from Mendota, Minnesota, from pre-Minnesota to the present era.
It includes interviews with Jim Anderson, Sharon Lennartson, Jim Albrecht and Doug LeClaire of the Mendota Dakota tribe. It also features a short speech from Arvol Looking Horse, the 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe.
This film was created by Brian Gilbert.
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Part 2 of 4

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Part 4 of 4

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We would like to invite you to become a Honorary Member of our Community.

Published July 15, 2011 | By admin

mmdc invite to become member handshake

DEAR FRIENDS;
The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Community would like to invite you to become a Honorary Member of our Community.

Currently only our members have supported us on a regular basis to help Preserve, Protect and Promote our Dakota Ways. (except for a select few).

We realize that in order for us to utilize all the talent out there, we need to invite people to participate.

This serves several purposes:

To view the MMDC Membership Application Form please visit our DOWNLOADS section.

◕By becoming an Honorary Member, you would be agreeing to donate a $ 50.00 application fee as well as donating $10.00 per month. (which would help support our programs such as Language revitalization, Cultural programs and events such as our Annual Pow-Wow ) all of which, are open to the Public and of course our operating Costs.

◕As an Honorary Member we would ask that you share with us what your talent is. Thus allowing us and you to use your talent.

◕One of our first objectives as a Community was to invite people of all colors to cross over the Mendota Bridge, and Bridge the gap between Natives and Non-Natives. We believe that this is one way to do that.

◕Although you will not have a vote in our Community you are always welcomed to attend our monthly meetings and all functions that the membership does.

◕By becoming a member you will allow us to have a much larger outreach.

◕By becoming a member our volunteer pool increases and our shared experiences, again help to serve a better understanding of each of us.

NO OTHER NATIVE COMMUNITY DOES THIS!

PLEASE BECOME A MEMBER FOR US ALL.

WHETHER YOU LIVE AROUND THE CORNER OR AROUND THE WORLD YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

MITAKUYE OYASIN (WE ARE ALL RELATED)

PIDAMAYA (THANK YOU)

CLICK HERE TO JOIN AND GET A LIST OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO